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I Lost the Fight… But This Changed Everything | London Ontario Boxing Story · Off the Bench - London

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Ladies and gentlemen, allow us to reintroduce
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your hosts, Malcolm the Milkman Noel and Scott
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the Visionary Home. This is the show where life
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and sports collide. We'll be right back. What
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up? Hey, how we doing? We're back. Another week.
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It's been a while. Like the last, the last like
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what? 10 days? Yeah. Lots of, yeah. Yeah, other
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than the hat, yeah, a lot has happened, a lot
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has changed. Some numbers have been added. Yes,
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yes. Well, first off, I'm Malcolm the Milkman.
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And I'm Scott the Visionary Hone. Welcome to
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Off the Bench. Yeah, let's get it. Let's get
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it. All right, all right. I'm going to start
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this off with... Yeah, the people want to know.
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Okay. I feel great. I feel like I had a great
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fight. Obviously, it came down to decision. And
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I was not the victor at the end of this. But
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I do want to do a huge shout out to Boomers and
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the staff there. To Mark and his brother for
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courting me. Honestly, it was the first time
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that I was in a boxing ring without Dario. Oh,
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yeah. Dari wasn't in my corner, but I did have
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Mark who has been in my corner before. So obviously
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that's a little bit different. But the job, I
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want to say the job was done because my main
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goal was to be able to last three rounds. Yeah,
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well, you did last three rounds. Yes. Cleanly,
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I think my opponent can say the same thing. He
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felt it after the third. We did get very sloppy
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in the third, but you can tell that the effort
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and even a huge shout out to MPT and for the
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Punch Out people, honestly. It was a great show.
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I mixed it up, right? Because I trained with
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MPT and Boomers and then a little bit of Bushido
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and a little bit of Ring London. So I had a lot
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of eyes on me and I know what I need to do to
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get forward. But like in our group chat, the
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one thing I'll say is... Punch Out MS was a great
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show. The downloadable content of the encore
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show was actually pretty sweet. Like, we had
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some really good fights. There were some bangers.
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Like, I only could see, like, a certain point
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before I had to warm up and all. Yeah. But, man.
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Well, there was a team from Scotland there. Yeah.
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And my opponent was actually his background is
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Scottish. But, yeah. yeah but yeah yeah no that
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man there were some bangers but uh yeah no i
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with your when it came to your fight it was uh
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it was exciting because i know you were you were
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like oh i want to make sure i feel like you had
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you had a weird mindset almost you're like i
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want to get three rounds but also i want to win
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and it's so hard to do both yeah did you yeah
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i realized i did both but yeah yeah Yeah, you
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got three rounds and you got the TKO. Congratulations.
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And good for you. But like, I don't want to discredit
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anything my opponent did. No, he studied you.
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To a T. Yeah, to exactly what to expect. And
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that's, it's just, that's, that's boxing though.
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It's for sure. It's, it's short fights. Yeah.
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If you don't have the gas tank to go full bore
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the entire fight. It's really hard to put something
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away late. Those little points matter. Oh, for
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sure. It doesn't matter how hard you're hitting
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them. It's true. It just matters if you're connecting
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clean, you can just keep playing tag out there.
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As long as they don't put you away, you're going
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to win. You're not wrong. You're not wrong with
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that sentiment. It was tough. There was a few
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things that... in the future i would try to change
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so much that it can change because like the event
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is organized the way it is but i got cold waiting
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to go into the ring because because before but
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like i'm not trying to say that as an excuse
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don't get i don't don't get me wrong i'm not
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trying to because like i try to warm myself up
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i try to use my theme song to ground me back
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to like yeah my starting point um but i got cold
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and then i try i I did what I always do in the
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first round. Yeah. And my opponent held up together.
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And I'm not issuing any bad ill will to any of
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the coaches or... Well, they knew exactly who
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you are. They were game planning for you. All
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I will say at this point, at this moment right
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now, is you haven't seen a lot of me. I had a
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feeling. I was like, as soon as the decision
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happened, I was like, well... I know you and
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I know you're not the kind of person that wants
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to go out like that. And if anything, that is
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just fire under you that is going to turn you
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on like nothing else. I will say this, and Mark
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said this really, really great. Before he went
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pro, he lost 10 fights in a row. And then he
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went pro. But all those losses that he had were
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learning experiences. And obviously, especially
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in boxing, we all strive to go undefeated as
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much as you can. But when you're an amateur,
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there's no like I view it more humbly now. This
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is like those losses were like learning experiences.
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I put in a lot of work for this, but I know I
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could have put a little bit more. Yeah. Right.
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Obviously, there's a little bit of politics that
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went on in the background. Yeah. But. Honestly,
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if it wasn't for Boomers, I wouldn't have been
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able to perform the way I did in that match.
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And I know for a fact that he has a black eye
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and he's going to work today. So that at least
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gives me a little bit of a smile that I know
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I did some serious damage. Yeah. But honestly,
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though, the encore show was stunning. It was
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really, really... Well done for like a showcase
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show. That was cool. Right? So obviously it was
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at Bushido. For y 'all who don't know. Yeah,
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shout out to Bushido. And shout out to The Cage
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for giving all the fighters the back area to
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warm up in. That was huge. Like all of these
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little things like that, it's just like, like
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how I realize it's hard when you're... when you
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were training in a bunch of different places
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so everyone's got eyes on you so like there's
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a lot more tape out there yep yep but it's cool
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that events like this let everybody come together
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true and like think about how many businesses
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how many people put so much effort into these
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events yep and I think we've raised over 20 fighters
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alone have raised over 20k exactly That's solidified.
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And then whatever the 50 -50, the silent auction
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and all that, that's beyond that. But yeah, for
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Punchhead MS, I think whether I won or lost,
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doesn't matter. We as a collective raised over
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20K. Exactly. We're doing this for a cause. And
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we achieved as much as we could. 100%. And, like,
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I'm still posting, like, after this. I know this
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is a week before, so people, if you still see
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my message, you will see that I will still post
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my link so you can donate. Yeah, I think donations
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are... There might be another... After this episode
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launches, this might be the last week. Yeah.
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But I ended up sneaking into second place. Yeah,
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you were sneaky. I saw that. I was like, oh,
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damn. Shout out to every single one of y 'all
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who donated. You guys are the real MVPs. And
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I wouldn't have been able to go into the ring
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without all y 'all. Shout out to Flightline Training
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Services. Thank you. Shout out to, I have to
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say, Abdul. You know, anytime I'm doing a boxing
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match, I know I can always count on Abdul. Legend.
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So well -dressed. Oh, for sure. You know what?
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I aspire to look like him one day. Good luck.
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I know I have a lot of work to do, but I know
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that in the short period of time, I've lost so
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much weight and I feel so much better about myself
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that now I was like, you know what, to look like
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him. I'll never look like him because he keeps
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working out and keeps getting better and better
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and better. But a huge shout out to Abdul because
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he's been one of my day ones since high school.
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That's why he was one of my groomsmen when I
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got married. So, like, the way I view it is,
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a lot of the things I've achieved in life, I
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wouldn't have been able to do without Abdul.
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So, I mean, you are, we've said this before,
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you're the average of the people you hang out
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with. 100%. And when you hang out with legends.
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Yep. That's what you, that's what you're becoming.
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100%. 100%. 100%. That's why it's always so important
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to, like, just elevate your, like, work on each
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other. Yes. Yes. And I think that's what, like,
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This podcast is also like done for both of us.
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You and I have definitely grown as individuals.
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You wouldn't have gone into a boxing ring if
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it wasn't for this podcast. No. Let's be honest.
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If it wasn't for the podcast, you probably would
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have never. Yeah, I know. Part of me was like,
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I've always wanted to. But again, I've always
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said I didn't have time. I couldn't do this.
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But. you can like this podcast has made me realize
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you can always make time for things. And I also
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knew that, well, if you're doing this and we're
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doing the podcast, I'm going to end up getting
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dragged into it anyway. So I might as well just
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sign up and be fired. Well, at some point we
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have to lead by example, right? Right. And like,
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I'm looking forward to how we transition from
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here. So for all y 'all. This is a sports podcast,
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life podcast. So we'll just generally talk like
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normal stuff. We'll just get into some new weird
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thing next. So we're a full spectrum podcast,
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as you could say. Who knows? Who knows? The one
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thing I can definitely say is our production
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keeps getting better and better and better. That's
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true. That's true. Now how things are working,
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we'll be able to... accommodate better guests
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moving forward um so yeah but like let's let's
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get let's backtrack a little bit also better
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guests our guests are fantastic all our guests
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have been great all our guests all our guests
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yes that's our goal to accommodate our guests
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better uh so we don't have audio issues or you
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know fooling around with things we have a great
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setup now and we're moving away from a lot of
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ai tools because We have a better grasp of how
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everything works now. Yeah. And, you know, shout
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out to, you know, putting the grind in. And it
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shows. It's true. Well, hey, if anyone's watching
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this, watching the video. I got that OG. That's
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fire, though. That's one of the originals that
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started the whole dream. Yes. Yes. And, hey,
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this is how you know it's mine and not yours.
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That's how it stays. Shut up. I'll make a replacement
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OGs. You can't replace the OGs. I can replace
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anything. I'm the owner. You can replace the
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OGs, but you can't have it made six years ago.
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I know. Five years ago. Damn. Five years ago.
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Actually, no. It was in 2020. It was six years
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ago. Yeah. It was six years ago. But the company
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actually launched in 2021. Yeah. So. Crazy. It's
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crazy how things work. But let's backtrack a
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little bit. Because I know for your episode that
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launched last week, how y 'all are listening
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is last week's episode. Mine's are great. It's
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so true. I feel like I'm in the multiverse of,
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like, Marvel right now. It's like when we were
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shooting multiple episodes, but, like, we're,
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like, shooting one, and then this one comes out
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before this one. And then we're still trying
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to do the numbers. We're, like, it's 33, 34,
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30. I have no idea. We just stopped saying numbers
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in our podcast. You know, it's almost easier
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that way. So, obviously, how you went to Music
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Hall when I was going to Bushido. We had to be
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there at yeah walk me through the whole experience.
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Okay. Okay, so Actually, you know what i'll even
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backtrack even more I went into a few houses
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or a one house before uh, we even got ready um,
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so I went and did an open house with like the
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fam jam, so my sister my wife my dad and we all
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and Yeah, we all went to like an we went into
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open house that was of uh You know, always looking
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at investment opportunities and so forth. So
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that's the first thing we kind of did. So we
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did that first. And then I dropped my wife off.
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And then I went and gone and did my business.
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And then I tried... No, I tried to get a haircut.
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Because before every fight, I have a routine
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of going to get a haircut. And... Right? So I
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tried to go and hit up a few barbers because
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I was very last minute. Because the... Seeing
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the houses and the talking, I lost track of time.
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So I couldn't go to my one barber. So I had to
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backtrack and go to another one. Couldn't do
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that. So shout out to Blessing Hands on Adelaide,
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who was able to accommodate me very, very well.
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All right. Didn't cut me the way I really, really
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wanted to. But that's on me for not preparing
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accordingly. So I'll make sure that I'll go back
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to my normal barber when I need one. What do
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you mean not cutting you the way you go bald?
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I go bald, but I like my beard cut a certain
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way. Oh, yeah. And he cut me the way he wanted
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to. And I kind of told him not to, but he was
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already cutting. He was like, you know what?
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It's fine. Yeah. So it is what it is. But blessing
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hands. It still was a bang up job. It was still
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lined up accordingly. So that's fine. And then
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I rushed over to Bushido for 3 .30. And once
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we all got there, everyone was like kind of getting
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ready, getting their books, getting their medical
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sign. And I got to ask you a question about this
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later. Yeah. So we all got our books signed,
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got our medical sign and so forth. And you got
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in a huge line. And during that lineup, my phone
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was blowing up like crazy. And like, and not
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from what y 'all expect. Not for the concept
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of like, yo, good luck, Malcolm. Like I got a
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few of those, but I never responded. Yeah. Because
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I don't want to respond bad. Like, yo, I got
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this or whatever. I don't want to put that bad
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juju out there. But it was just like, everyone
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was getting the exact same message across the
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whole gym at that time. And it's because London
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was about to get hit with a tornado warning.
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Oh God. Yeah, that's true. So the tornado warning
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was going off. Everyone was getting hit by it
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and so forth. So like, I was just like, but like,
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I'm inside. So I don't see what's going outside.
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I don't hear anything. I don't hear the rain.
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I don't hear anything. So I think everything's
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hunky dory. It pretty much was. But it's like,
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be like Amber Alert after Amber Alert after Amber
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Alert. Amber Alerts are totally different than
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tornado warnings. You know what I mean? Like,
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it was like the emergency warning system. Yeah.
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So. It was going off like crazy. So, you know,
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we're just going to go for like 10 minutes. Yeah.
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It's crazy. So I waited till like the end to
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like send in my form. Of course you did. So did
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my opponent. So you're just standing next to
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each other the whole time? Yes. So obviously
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did my medical. Were you slept? No, I don't care.
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Then we did our weigh -ins. He was 10 pounds
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over me. which was fine. It is what it is. It
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didn't really matter because obviously under
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40 and your heavy weight, it doesn't really matter
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about that age or that weight bracket. Went and
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did a medical. Shout out to Juan Rocosta who
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did the medicals and made sure everyone was fine
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and safe. There was one fighter that ended up
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having to become an exhibition because he didn't
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meet weight. Oh, yeah. So, unfortunately, that
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matchup on it didn't... Yeah, because he was
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told one fight he had to cut, and then it got
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switched, and then he had to gain. Yeah, the
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guy that he was fighting had to switch it up,
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and it was too late to switch. Yeah. That was
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a really good fight, though. I missed it, so
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I can't wait to watch it on watchfights .ca.
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Honestly, there was a few really adorable moments
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in that fight. Was that the fight when the mouth
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guard kept coming out? Because that's what I've
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been hearing. It might have been, but I mean
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adorable because Alcides was cornering his brother.
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It's like one of those documentaries. There's
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going to be a few pictures of the way Alcides
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is looking at him fighting. He's just happy that
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his brother's doing something that he's so passionate
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about. And then the way his brother looks at
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him while he's, like, coaching him. That's one
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of those sweet moments. Okay. That's cute. That's
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great. So, as we were doing that, though, I had
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an opportunity to see someone in front of me
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who, like, you can sense her presence the moment
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she, like, kind of walked in. You kind of see
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it in, like, the brochure. And that's Andrea
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Young. was right in front of me. She had headphones
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on. She's the Guelph fighter. Oh, yeah. Yeah,
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the Guelph fighter. Yeah, was it Badass, I think?
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Yeah, Andrea Badass Young. Yeah, no, she's wild.
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So she had headphones on and she was right in
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front of me. So obviously I saw the program.
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I saw who she was. So I had her and send her
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a message and be like, so you better be listening
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to Sokka because I know she's Trini. Oh. I was
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like, y 'all better be listening to Soka. Because
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in her profile, she has the flag. So I was like,
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I automatically like game recognize game. So,
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you know, we had a little bit of a chat and we
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talked and maybe potentially we'll be able to
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get her on the podcast because she has an amazing
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story. But I don't want to blow it here. But
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she was like, she was like, hey, I'm just doing
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my relaxing stage and so forth. And, you know,
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we chatted a little bit and then medicals happen.
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So at 5 o 'clock, the back area opened up. So
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I ended up starting to stretch and do my whole
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game plan. I didn't notice at the time my opponent
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got seats front row and was just watching all
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the fights. Yeah. See, I don't know. That's one
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thing that I did notice. Obviously, you've been
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putting some work in beforehand. You always think
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don't waste any energy because you need to save
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that energy for the fight, especially when it's
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such a long day. But yeah, no, I saw him out
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there and I was like, he's just relaxing. Good
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for him. He had a game plan and his game plan
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worked and I know exactly what it was. Now that
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I play it back, I know exactly what his game
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plan was. Anyone that's seen you fight knows
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you have a very specific way of fighting. Yeah.
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And if you can weather that storm, that's that.
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Well, and like I said, I'll never faunt him.
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I actually appreciate him because when I was
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talking to my wife, and I know we're getting
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ahead of each other. When I was talking to my
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wife, I was like, you literally met the white
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version of yourself. Yeah. In a sense. In a sense.
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Yeah. But I like, it's nice that you got an opponent
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that. took it seriously put the work in you see
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that and it shows like no like knocking off your
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previous opponents but they're like there's a
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reason why i was still itching to get it back
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into that range to understand what everyone else
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was there's a reason why you left those fights
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going like oh i want you almost feel cheated
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yeah I don't want to say I felt cheated, but
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yes. Yeah. This was the first time I was just
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like. You're like, you got to put it all in.
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Yeah. And it was a war. But shout out to all
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the fighters. Man, there was some awe. Man, you
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know what? And like, I want to say a huge shout
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out to Connor. Yeah. Because Connor on your show
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had to go against Noah and his emotions caught
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up to him in the third round. Yeah. But he went
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against Rashid. He wants it so bad. It is. Like,
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I respect that guy so much. Conor did an amazing
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job in the ring. And as long as he can keep his
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composure. Fighting two weeks in a row, too.
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Especially after the result that happened at
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the first punch out. As soon as I saw him on
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the program again, I was like, oh, all right.
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And honestly, this fight was a lot more evilly
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matched. Yes. It was strategic. It was great
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because Rashid had his own style. He wasn't like
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a powerhouse like Noah, but he was like jab,
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keeping his distance, attacking accordingly.
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At the third round, he did get in Conor's brain.
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And then I always say like he goes, Conor goes
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ape shit in round three. And he was getting there.
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But he wasn't as mad. I think Connor likes to
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do the Max Holloway thing. Like point of the
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ground and go, let's go, let's bang one out.
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And the problem is he tried to do that in his
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first fight. But he was already banged up and
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exhausted. So it doesn't it doesn't have the
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same effect when you're that gassed true true
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like well When you're trying to Like end it in
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the third round. It is Exhausting you're like
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you feel like you got nothing left. Hey, I try.
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Yeah, I'm not trying to get ahead myself Yeah,
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anyway, so Connor and then another fight that
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I was I was caught off by the the record but
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another person who I need to do a huge shadow
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to is t T yeah, I know he got the loss in that
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fight That was such a close fight. It was such
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a great fight to watch. Um And honestly, like
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he had to take a little time off because he just
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had a child So, like, obviously. Oh, that's why.
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Because he was there a lot. And then he. Disappeared
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because they had to take care of his family.
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Yeah. Families first. Families first. So then
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he came back into the ring. And you can tell
26:25
he put in the work. And when he didn't get the
26:27
result that he wanted, the emotions caught up
26:31
to him. Yeah. And he couldn't control it. And
26:34
unfortunately, like, and I get it. And I do go
26:38
back to what Mark says is he went into the ring.
26:42
10 times in his amateur career and lost and almost
26:46
thought that boxing wasn't for him. But those
26:49
losses were learning experience. Like those wins
26:51
are learning experience. Your ego starts catching
26:55
up to you when you have, if you go undefeated
26:57
in your amateur, then you hit the real world.
27:00
It's like, it's like the left. Have your awakening.
27:04
It's the same lessons. Like when you go to school
27:06
and you get all these A's and then the real world.
27:10
comes at you and you're like oh i can't just
27:13
like re get my marks like upgrade or i can't
27:17
redo that test to get that eight like the real
27:20
world hits you that's how like professional versus
27:23
amateur this is where you can hone your skills
27:26
learn get multiple people telling you fix this
27:30
do your cardio work on your job get more touches
27:34
this is where you do all the work because your
27:37
amateur record does not actually matter Oh, exactly.
27:41
You know what I mean? You know. Yeah. I know
27:45
that feeling. But go ahead. I know that feeling.
27:50
But go ahead. So then there was that fight. Mackenzie's
27:55
fight was great. Yeah. Andrea Young's fight was
28:00
disgusting. It was amazing because she was very
28:06
strategic for the first two. And same with her
28:09
opponent as well. Like, her opponent did a very
28:11
good job as well. But that third round when it
28:14
was just haymaker after haymaker, and it was
28:17
just like, man, you have amazing cardio to be
28:22
able to, like, last that long and be able to,
28:24
like, bang that hard. Like, it was intense. But
28:29
it was a great learning experience for both,
28:31
right? Because Anja, this was, like, one of her
28:33
first times to be fighting outside of her...
28:37
home area right yeah you got to respect all the
28:41
fighters to like travel to go to these fights
28:43
because like they didn't need to come participate
28:48
in a charity event true they didn't need to come
28:51
they wanted to come because they were like oh
28:54
this is an opportunity to come to show up with
28:59
people that haven't been doing this forever that
29:05
are just here on a journey, and win or lose,
29:11
we're all learning stuff. For sure, for sure.
29:15
So then, yeah. So then they had all those fighters,
29:18
and then obviously I missed a few fighters because
29:20
I was warming up. Did you see Ben? No. No, I
29:24
missed that one. Man, the Battle of the Benjamins?
29:27
Yeah, I... All about the Benjamins, eh? Tell
29:32
me about it, because I was missing it. Ben is
29:35
so far. He's younger. He's like 20. But he has
29:44
such an amazing attitude. And he's such a nice
29:47
person. But like, he's a cell phone. He likes
29:52
it's like, nice and relaxed. And like he even
29:56
though he just came into this, like he has a
29:58
lot of experience like in other aspects like
30:01
I don't know for all the things he's done but
30:04
he's been doing a lot of different things but
30:06
I I knew from the get go the guy that as soon
30:13
as the other guy came out and I saw he had the
30:18
reach advantage I was like oh no he has a filthy
30:22
filthy jazz and he had it was like They had them
30:29
off the earth No, no that much blood yeah You
30:37
when you watch you back watch that one, okay
30:39
and Show that to his opponent though. He's an
30:45
absolute warrior For like obviously the best
30:48
stop there. Okay, if they could see what's happening
30:51
in like at a certain point Again, this is all
30:54
amateur nobody's getting paid for this everybody's
30:58
got a job like there's no it's like at a certain
31:03
point you look at it and you're like well obviously
31:06
you know who the winner is yeah like but like
31:12
he was an absolute warrior of like keep it like
31:15
keep pressing pushing forward okay wasn't like
31:19
ever there like cowering like carrying the corner
31:21
not like nothing just kept pushing forward And
31:25
uh, yeah, that was that was a crazy bite damn
31:28
Okay, but honestly I got a like huge shout out
31:32
to all the refs. Yeah shout to Yeah, kathy Uh,
31:37
it's like they're out there their job is to keep
31:40
people safe. Yeah Yeah, no 100 all the rest that
31:44
were there were amazing I know a few of them
31:46
actually listened to our podcast and like huge
31:48
shout out for you guys for even like, you know
31:51
showing us love and like we're sending it back
31:54
and honestly there's one ref that was telling
31:57
us like you know expand our reach expand the
32:00
history of boxing in london and you know what
32:02
you are 100 correct and we will we will definitely
32:06
expand on who we talk to and try to like build
32:11
that community but as well as like build our
32:13
own community because we're not just a boxing
32:15
podcast where we do it all exactly that's the
32:20
whole point of it So there was that. And then
32:24
I saw as much as I got to, I saw a little bit
32:28
of McKenzie's fight. Yeah. But other than that,
32:33
then it was my fight. And then shout out to Kyle
32:39
Hume. He was a unit. Yeah. It takes a unit to
32:45
take those punches you throw. I was expecting
32:49
a few things. And, um, I know you had, I was
32:54
like talking, I'll see this act. Like you, they
32:56
were worried a few times in there. Cause like,
32:59
well, like when, uh, when we talked to Heather
33:02
before, uh, one of the things the rest watch
33:04
for is heads going down. And there was a few
33:07
times in there where you were going, you had
33:10
them in the corner, you're working on, and it's
33:12
slowly going, like going a little bit lower,
33:15
a little bit lower. But then I backed off. He'd
33:19
back off and then he'd be like, okay, cover it.
33:22
So me mentally, it's because I do think that
33:26
I was overthinking in that match. And the moment
33:30
I saw his head go down, I backed off automatically
33:33
thinking the ref was going to come in. I know,
33:36
I know, I know. And that was one of those things
33:40
I need to focus on. And that's why I will be
33:44
training a lot harder at Boomers moving forward.
33:48
But yeah, there was that. There was the snap
33:51
back of the head that I noticed. I hope there's
33:56
some good pictures of it. One of the first punches
33:59
of the match, you hit him and you could just
34:02
see sweat go flying. I hope there's pictures
34:06
of it. Obviously, I kind of balked out. Honestly,
34:13
in that first round, though, I felt really, really
34:15
good. Near the end of that first round, I didn't
34:19
feel that tired. And then the second round hit,
34:21
and I don't know what happened. I wasn't as aggressive.
34:26
I was more cautious. Yeah, I feel like mentally,
34:33
when you're, I don't know, when you try to put
34:37
someone away, and it doesn't work. In the first
34:41
round, he took... You get a little bit cast,
34:44
but you also get a little bit discouraged because
34:46
you're just like, I just gave him 100 % and he's
34:51
fine. And he took it like a champ. What else
34:54
can I do? He took it like a champ. You know what?
34:58
If that was his game plan, just being like, I
35:00
just need to survive. I don't care how much it
35:04
hurts or whatever. I'm just going to survive.
35:08
That game plan worked because I noticed it. And
35:11
I was just like, well, what else do I have to
35:13
do? Yeah. And then he started playing the points
35:16
way. Exactly. And that's when I screwed up. And
35:20
I was trying to like. And you're just like, you're
35:23
walking through. So you're just like, oh, this
35:25
doesn't hurt. Like, I'm fine, but it doesn't
35:29
matter if it hurts. I know he was getting the
35:31
point. He was getting the points. And that's
35:33
why I said, like, he studied me very, very well.
35:37
He knew what to do. to beat me and yeah, I Flowers
35:42
go out to him. I also flowers go out to jay and
35:46
i'll see this because they were in his corner
35:48
and I know next time I know next time what to
35:53
do But um Even before like we were even in the
35:59
ring I had that like that moment like I had you
36:03
and my uh, brother -in -law come send me out.
36:05
I had um a great song tonight solidify what punch
36:09
out was to me uh because it was michael montano's
36:13
uh encore song yeah so it's the encore show i
36:17
potentially would have if he took me three rounds
36:20
i was gonna retire potentially and whatever now
36:23
you know whatever it is it is what it is but
36:28
um so where are you fighting next after you hit
36:32
the gym super hard and become an even bigger
36:34
monster They can blame file because this is this.
36:38
Yeah. Yeah, not gonna lie. Not gonna lie. Well,
36:44
let's be honest. Like getting a period the flag
36:47
for you. Yeah, that was nice. But also like it
36:51
was also great to see because like I have a lot
36:54
of regulars at the restaurant that I work at.
36:56
And, you know, a few of them were coming out
36:59
and actually watching the fight. So it's like
37:01
the community that we've built. I've built there,
37:04
you know, neighbors coming out, people who've
37:06
listened to our podcast actually came out. So
37:09
it's like, it came full circle of like everything
37:11
we've kind of built, you know, I was, they were
37:15
there, there was shouting us out, you know, it
37:18
was, it was cool. Like it felt like a great showcase
37:22
of what community actually means in London. And
37:26
it shows that what we're building can go that
37:30
much further. And I'm looking forward to like
37:33
how this podcast grows and how everything like
37:36
cementifies itself. And a huge shout out to like
37:38
Clubhouse for letting us do this at their location.
37:41
And, you know, give us a great stage to showcase
37:44
who we are. We couldn't have a better location
37:47
for this. It's true. We'll shout out, we'll showcase
37:50
our sponsors later. It was also cool for my brother
37:53
-in -law to come out with the past case scenario
37:56
belt. Yeah, that was great. After the fight,
37:58
Kyle did come up to me. He's like, where's my
38:01
belt? He's like, where's my belt? I know. It's
38:04
like, uh, cause Rob had to go, but cause they
38:07
had a babysitter. They're like, you used to had
38:10
told him like, Oh yeah, I should be on by like
38:12
seven, seven 30. It's like eight 30. Yeah. But,
38:18
uh, but yeah, we gotta. Yeah. Yeah. We get that.
38:24
Get a picture with him with that belt sometime.
38:26
Sure. Sure. Well, we'll also get them on the
38:30
podcast soon. So, um, but other than that, you
38:33
know, honestly, the encore show definitely showcased
38:37
Jay's vision of making sure that he had a community
38:40
of people to support a great cause. And every
38:44
single fighter stepped up to the challenge, whether
38:47
it's from your show or my show. Um, obviously
38:50
my show, they had to find some extra talent to
38:53
like fill in the cards, but like even Uli's boxers.
38:56
Oh, they're great. Honestly, it was like a great
39:00
showcase of like, like what the box. Yeah, it
39:06
was amazing. It was a great showcase of what
39:08
boxing means to London now. Now that it's back
39:12
in London and has a stage and people are going
39:15
to look into it more. Just the one really cool
39:18
thing. So at your fight, I was there talking
39:24
to, talking to Hassan. Yeah. And we were just
39:27
like, oh, man, like talking about how we were
39:30
feeling the next day. And like, oh, yeah, my
39:33
head was hurting a little bit. I was like, oh,
39:35
my neck was past the door. But I forget who it
39:39
was that came up to us. But they were saying,
39:42
like, we were joking around all the way right
39:49
up until the fight. Right after the fight, we're
39:52
like immediately back to like. thinking jokes
39:56
having a great time like being friends yeah and
40:01
but like in the ring it was like that switch
40:03
and it's like he was like yeah watching that
40:07
fight it was like i couldn't believe it it was
40:09
like it's like you guys like hated each other
40:12
you're not wrong and then it was just like immediately
40:16
after it was like and switch back yep that it's
40:19
like that's the most crazy experience it is And,
40:25
like, you were able to joke around with your
40:27
opponent. For me, I didn't have that. I sent
40:30
him a few WhatsApp messages because he sent me
40:33
his sparring video of me and him. But he was
40:37
playing the mind game as much as I would have
40:39
done it to him. So I didn't have that opportunity.
40:42
So, like, when I saw him, I was like, I was pissed
40:45
off that I didn't get to see you. So, like, that's
40:48
how my switch turned off. But I know his aspirations
40:51
because he does want to do a few things in boxing.
40:54
And if he takes what he did against me, not saying
40:59
I'm perfect or good or whatever. The seriousness
41:04
that he took. That's the dedication that someone
41:08
needs. Yes. For his first fight to survive a
41:15
beating. And still do it with a smile on his
41:19
face and win? Like, honestly, I can see him going
41:22
the wrong way. And I'm so happy that, you know,
41:25
he's trying to take boxing to the next level.
41:27
And I'm looking forward to his future. The only
41:30
thing I'm going to say is I want a rematch. And
41:34
when I... It's like... So many people there are
41:41
just like, man, I want a rematch next year. Man,
41:44
I want a rematch. I don't know if it's going
41:45
to be next year. I know. Yeah. There's, you know,
41:50
everybody is going to be like, people that watch
41:54
this, people that see things are going to be
41:55
like, oh, I should sign up to do this. I'm going
41:58
to get in amazing shape. I'm going to be an amazing
42:00
group of people. I'm going to help an amazing
42:01
cause and have an unforgettable experience. And
42:06
it's almost selfish of us, of everyone that has
42:11
done this multiple times. Sorting it for ourselves.
42:15
You almost want to bring in new people. Yeah.
42:17
No, you're a hundred percent. Correct. Like,
42:20
like you almost need like a fresh class every
42:23
year. And you're not wrong. Cause it's, it's
42:30
such an amazing experience. And like, I will
42:34
say the music. Like the, the entire bunch of
42:38
the music hall show should always be fresh. Yeah.
42:43
Right this the music all show should be always
42:47
because that was like my fight to end experience
42:50
We're like you have the full production you have
42:54
your screen behind you, you know, you have that
42:57
walk of music you have a whole arena in a sense
43:01
cheering you on from different levels if That
43:05
was your first fight. That's just a tone for
43:08
one for two things. Oh I like boxing now And
43:12
two, I'm going to start training harder, and
43:15
I'm either going to join the many gyms in London.
43:18
That's just, it was an insane feeling. True.
43:22
And it's also a great showcase for MS. But, like,
43:26
the way they put these shows on is, it's amazing.
43:31
Yeah. Like, I honestly, I can't say it enough.
43:34
Yeah. And, like, the coaching that they put into,
43:37
the time that they've all put into. Like, all
43:40
the people that have volunteered for this event,
43:42
that have put the time into each and every one
43:46
of the fighters, put the time into raising all
43:50
this money for MS, for the great cause, and,
43:55
like, you can't... It's hard to quantify exactly
44:00
how much good this does for the community that
44:04
everyone here is part of. It's true. It's true.
44:10
These are the events that are the reason that
44:14
boxing's come back. Also, a huge shout -out to
44:18
the committee and the people who put the songs.
44:23
They did a huge shout -out for us because before
44:27
my fight, they literally did a huge shout -out
44:29
and acknowledged what we've done as a podcast
44:33
since September and solidified that we're...
44:37
basically putting our money where our mouth is
44:39
and saying like, hey, it takes hard work, discipline,
44:43
and so forth. You know, it showcases like this.
44:46
It also showcased a lot of the young fighters
44:48
who wouldn't have had an opportunity to showcase
44:51
because a lot of fighters only fight in gyms.
44:53
They don't have these types of fans. That's exactly
44:56
it. I'm talking to some people that have played
45:01
music professionally. hearing that they've never
45:06
been in front of that big of a crowd. And you're
45:09
just like, and you go out there, having never
45:13
done this before, and you're in the hot seat.
45:18
Definitely in the hot seat. Thousands of eyes
45:21
on you, and you're like, oh man, it's game time.
45:25
But like, it's just crazy. It's true. It's true.
45:32
Yeah, you know what? You're right. That's sick.
45:35
That's sick. So... I appreciate you. I appreciate
45:41
it. So yeah, obviously now my record is 2 -1.
45:46
Still a winning record. Still a lot of work to
45:49
be done. But we'll see what the future has in
45:53
store. So we'll go from there. Like I said, and
45:58
you didn't like my comment, but you never know
46:00
what the future holds. It's true. It's true.
46:03
At least someone on Off the Bench won this week.
46:07
We can definitely say that. At least someone
46:10
on Off the Bench won. We're both winners in some
46:13
aspects because, you know, donations and all,
46:15
but yeah. Honestly, I couldn't have dreamed up
46:22
a better first five months of the year. I'm looking
46:28
forward to four months. Well, five months, yeah.
46:33
Yeah. Math. Honestly, and a huge shout -out goes
46:40
to Jay for putting on this production. I can't
46:44
believe he's, like, he's an absolute warrior.
46:48
He's a unit. Like, the fact that he was in both
46:51
events, trained everybody, and, like, you could
46:58
see... His footprint on all of these fights.
47:02
He steps in the ring twice. In between. Like.
47:08
Ordering for people. And like. Even like his
47:13
fight the last week. With Nick. Nick's crazy.
47:18
But like. That fight was so good between them.
47:23
And like. They go. I think they were right before
47:27
the intermission. So they had a banger and they,
47:31
they, they celebrate, they go to the back, they
47:35
dry off a little bit and then they're right back
47:37
to court. Yes. Yes. But like the job is never
47:41
done. So I was never done as a coach. It's never
47:43
done. So, um, yeah, but you know what? I'm looking
47:50
forward to, like I said, I think I've been saying
47:53
this all episode, looking forward to what's next
47:55
for us. Um, You know, obviously, there's a lot
48:00
of playoffs going on. There's a lot of sports
48:02
going on. Did you see that swing in the last
48:05
playoff game? No. Oh, yeah. You know? It looks
48:11
like he's not getting suspended or anything.
48:13
I know we can't really talk about it next week
48:18
because then it's going to die off. So we might
48:20
as well talk about it now. I don't fault him
48:24
for that. Actually, that's it. I'm so hard. I
48:31
think at this point, okay, in a lot of sports,
48:35
not boxing, not UFC, not combat sports in general,
48:43
but the game has gotten very, very soft. Yeah.
48:48
To the point where like, it's almost unfair that
48:54
some people take advantage of it. And like, if
48:58
I've been paying attention to the whole playoffs
49:00
while we've been training, Wemby has been taking
49:03
a beating and he's been trying to be the bigger
49:06
man. Exactly. But that's the problem. He has
49:10
the same problem we're all having. Whereas because
49:13
he's big, people get to take a beat, like give
49:17
him a beating. Jokic has the same problem. Yep.
49:20
Yep. Like the amount of times you see them like,
49:22
like getting absolutely hammered. is ridiculous.
49:29
And then you have the smaller guys like, like
49:31
Shay, who's like, he's amazing. He's Canadian.
49:35
He's fantastic. But like, yeah, exactly. Like
49:38
he knows, it's the same thing with like when
49:40
Harden is. Yep. Like, you know how to work. It's
49:46
sad because we just had Heather on our episode
49:49
a few weeks ago talking about like how it's like
49:52
player safety and so forth. But then some players
49:55
are using that to manipulate refs to get what
49:58
they want. And then, unfortunately for Wemby,
50:03
he can't do that because it's like Cam Newton's
50:06
situation where as a quarterback, he was so big
50:09
that him and Tom Brady couldn't get the calls
50:12
because the people that are trying to injure
50:14
them are so much littler that it's like, you're
50:18
too big. Don't act like that. That doesn't hurt
50:20
you. And it's that whole situation. But more
50:24
and more, it's getting to the point where the
50:27
games have been gone and soft. And I think a
50:28
lot of viewers have been paying attention to
50:30
that. Where like, I remember when I used to watch
50:33
Shaq and he used to dominate people and he would
50:36
play aggressive. And then the little guys had
50:39
to fight back. Well, now it's the other way around
50:42
where the big guys can't fight back because if
50:44
they fight back, it's a call. The little guys
50:46
fall. Yeah. Everyone's smart enough. I like Nate.
50:50
It's a strategy. It's happening in basketball.
50:53
It's also happening in soccer and football. Football,
50:59
yeah. Yeah, because even on corner kicks, there's
51:01
a reason why Arsenal does so well is because
51:05
of how aggressive they are in the six -yard box,
51:09
where they can be super aggressive, and if it
51:11
doesn't go their way, they can get a call. And
51:14
you know I'm going to say Arsenal in this aspect
51:16
because I'm a Tonto fan, and I hate Arsenal.
51:19
Yeah, well, they at least taught him to get relegated.
51:22
We tied today, though. So it's still too close.
51:25
It's still two points away from relegation. Yikes.
51:30
The problem right now is a lot of people aren't
51:33
taking sports seriously. And if you're going
51:34
to be aggressive, you have to be able to match
51:37
it and not just try to use the refs to get what
51:40
you want. Yeah. Well, that's exactly it. You
51:43
got to, like, it's one of those. It's frustrating
51:47
when you're doing anything and both teams aren't
51:52
matching the energy. I agree. I agree. It's like
51:58
with anything. It's like if you take out super
52:01
competitive teams versus a team that isn't as
52:05
competitive but they're bigger, they'll just
52:08
bully them. Yes. Yes. But the super competitive
52:14
team is like, oh. Okay, well, we'll just get
52:19
them really frustrated and then let them foul
52:22
us. It's like just putting them in that bull's
52:26
position. Which sucks. And then people's emotions
52:30
start kicking in. And then... You know that their
52:38
next game's game plan is going to be like, hey...
52:42
We go out there, like, we'll have some guys that
52:44
are just there to go foul. And get in his head
52:48
and play that emotional game, which is a mindset.
52:51
Because you always want to, when it comes to
52:53
sports, it's physical, talent, and then emotional
52:58
mindset. Yeah. And how you play it accordingly
53:01
is how you play it. So. It's interesting. Everything's
53:05
tap. So. But, yeah. All these playoffs have gone
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on. I'm looking forward to it. I'm looking forward
53:15
to what's going to happen. I'm also trying to
53:17
pay attention to the NHL playoffs as well. Because
53:22
I want to see how far much all Canadians can
53:24
go. As of right in second, a week ago, I think
53:31
they were up 2 -1 in the series. So, I just want
53:35
to see a Canadian team win. I was talking to
53:39
someone, they were like, oh, who do you want
53:40
to win? Like, well, I know a lot of people don't
53:45
want Montreal to win because they're like Toronto
53:48
fans. They just don't want Montreal to win. But
53:54
at the same time, you're like, but it's the only
53:56
Canadian team. Exactly. Exactly. So, yeah. The
54:02
Jays and Canadians. When the Jays were in, the
54:07
entire country rallied behind them. True, true.
54:11
And a lot of people with hockey had that mindset
54:14
of, well, realistically, it doesn't matter which
54:17
team wins because most players are Canadian,
54:20
Eddie. Well, yeah, most of them. So that's a
54:24
really good thing. The other thing to kick in.
54:29
Yeah, I know. The other thing that I'm also paying
54:33
attention to is the fact that the finals for
54:39
lacrosse is Toronto Rock versus Halifax. So that's
54:46
just going into the finals now. So I'm also looking
54:48
forward to that. But yeah. So are we going to
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do, is lacrosse going to be the next thing? I
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don't know. Who knows? I'm always down for lacrosse.
54:58
So. But I think we should try to pay some bills.
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